I’ve probably mentioned that one of the ways I’m motivating myself to get rid of the excess in the studio is by joining Marti’s UFO finish of the month over at 52 Quilts. As part of my ongoing effort to “clean it up, move it out” I’m making a series of donation quilts out of my orphan blocks.
Orphan blocks from a recent project
I had these 6 blocks that I liked, so I looked for fabric to go with them. The bright turquoise went well, but I had enough to join them only, not to frame them. Searching for something to make it wider, I found a piece of black/white chevron fabric and decided it needed to be used, and FAST.
My daughter recently point out, “When you find chevrons on your mouthwash bottle, they’re on the way out!” 😀
Finally, I had some colorful Michael Miller dots that seemed to fit in:
And WOW! A very “lively” improvised quilt.
I’m going to practice free motion quilting it on my new Bernina, and it will be the August UFO finish of the month. Then off to Ronald McDonald House it goes.
Zippy Quilts 
Good work! I have a few orphan blocks but only one “set” of them. The rest are pretty random. Still, with some effort I could probably make some work that way.
Not to mention the other odds & ends you may find to go with them ;-). Thanks for following!
Plenty of odds and ends… 🙂